US 9,395,718 B1Granted

Optimization of unique antenna and RF systems for specific substrates

AssigneeSciperio, Inc

InventorsKenneth H. Church, Robert M. Taylor, Michael J. Wilhelm, Hao Dong, Yanzhong Li

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Abstract

A method incorporating an antenna and RF circuitry into the object acting as a substrate includes modeling the object as a three-dimensional object, and designing the antenna and RF circuitry for direct placement on the surface of the object. The step of designing is at least partially based on the size, three-dimensional shape, and material properties of the surface of the object acting as the substrate. The step of designing is preferably performed through use of an evolutionary optimizer implemented using parallel computing devices.

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A method for incorporating a conformal antenna and conformal RF circuitry onto a substrate, the substrate being a non-planar surface of an object having a size, material properties, and a three-dimensional shape, the method comprising:

forming a three-dimensional model to model the object including the substrate, the substrate having a plurality of bends and curves, the substrate not being constrained by the conformal RF circuitry or the conformal antenna;
designing a reference planar antenna model;
designing a conformal antenna model based on the reference planar antenna model;
designing a reference RF circuit model;
designing a conformal RF circuit model based on the reference RF circuit model;
using the conformal antenna model, the conformal RF circuit model, and the three-dimensional model in designing the conformal antenna and the conformal RF circuitry for direct placement on the surface of the object, wherein the designing of the conformal antenna and the conformal RF circuitry uses parameters defined by the size, three-dimensional shape, and material properties of the surface of the object acting as the substrate such that the conformal antenna and the conformal RF circuitry wrap around the substrate;
manufacturing the conformal antenna and the conformal RF circuitry on the substrate using the conformal antenna model, the conformal RF circuit model, and the three-dimensional model, wherein the manufacturing comprises direct writing or direct printing the conformal antenna and the conformal RF circuitry on the surface of the object acting as the substrate such that the conformal antenna and the conformal RF circuitry wrap around the substrate.

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Application: 11/422,176Filed 5 Jun 2006 · us provisional application
Priority: 3 Jun 2005
Granted: 19 Jul 2016
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification5 codes

G05B 19/4097
Numerical control [NC], i.e. automatically operating machines, in particular machine tools, e.g. in a manufacturing environment, so as to…
G05B 2219/34198
Director, elements to supervisory: electric and fluidic modules integrated on one substrate
Y02P 90/02
Enabling technologies with a potential contribution to greenhouse gas [GHG] emissions mitigation: total factory control, e.g. smart factories,…
G05B
Control or regulating systems in general

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Application60/595,073Us provisional application · filed 3 Jun 2005
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